| Florence Auer | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1880 Albany, New York |
| Died | May 4, 1962 (aged 82) New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Stage, film, television actress |
Florence Auer (March 3, 1880 - May 14, 1962) was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Born in Albany, New York, Florence Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. She began appearing in films shortly thereafter; her first film appearance was in the 1908 Wallace McCutcheon directed comedy short The Sculptor's Nightmare opposite director D.W. Griffith. Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon PC, CBE, QC, LLD ( 18 May 1906 - 23 January 1969) was a Canadian David Llewelyn Wark "D W" Griffith (January 22 1875 &ndash July 23 1948 was a premier pioneering Academy Award -winning American Film director. One of the original "Biograph Girls" (along with actress Marion Leonard), Auer would appear alongside such notable future directors as Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, Robert G. Vignola, Harry Solter and Mack Sennett in their early careers as actors. The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928 Marion Leonard ( June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956) was a stage and Silent film Actress Thomas Harper Ince ( November 6, 1882 – November 19, 1924) was an American Silent film Actor, director Robert G Vignola ( August 5, 1882 - October 25, 1953 was an Italian -born American Actor, Screenwriter Henry Lewis "Harry" Solter ( 1874 - March 2, 1920) was a pioneer Silent film Actor, Screenwriter, and Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator These early associations would help ensure Auer's longevity in films when the former actors became notable directors and often cast Auer in their later films.
During her early years as a motion picture actress, Florence Auer would appear opposite such publicly popular actors of the early 20th century as: Florence Lawrence, Florence Turner, Maurice Costello, Owen Moore, Robert "Bobby" Harron and Julia Swayne Gordon. Florence Lawrence ( January 2, 1890 &ndash December 28, 1938) was a Canadian inventor and Silent film actress who Florence Turner ( January 6 1885 &ndash August 28 1946) was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Maurice Costello ( February 22, 1877 - October 28, 1950) was a prominent vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played Owen Moore ( December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Robert "Bobby" Harron ( April 12, 1893 – September 5, 1920) was an American motion picture Actor of the Julia Swayne Gordon ( 29 October, 1878 &ndash 28 May, 1933) was an American actress
Florence Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transitioning to television before retiring. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three early silent films: 1916's Edwin Carewe directed drama Her Great Price starring Mabel Taliaferro, 1917's John G. Adolfi directed drama A Modern Cinderella starring June Caprice and 1921's Her Mad Bargain, directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Anita Stewart and Arthur Edmund Carewe. Edwin Carewe (Jay Fox ( March 5, 1883 - January 22, 1940) was an American motion picture director actor producer and screenwriter Mabel Taliaferro alias Nell, born Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro ( May 21, 1887 - January 24, 1979) was an American John G Adolfi ( February 19, 1888 - May 11, 1933) was an American Silent film director, Actor June Caprice ( November 19 1899 - November 9 1936) was an American Silent film Actress. Anita Stewart ( February 7, 1895 - May 4, 1961) was an American Actress and Film producer of the early Silent film Arthur Edmund Carewe ( December 30, 1884 – April 22, 1937) born Jan Fox in Trebizond, Ottoman Empire (now
She died in New York City, New York, USA in 1962 at the age of 82. The City of New York